Business Insiders Breakfast

Could a Southbound Exit 36 Be on the Way?

December 18, 2014

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

Beverly Woods, Executive Director

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

EXIT 36S PLANNING STUDY Cooperative effort between NRPC and NMCOG

Metropolitan Planning Organizations Facilitate collaboration of governmental bodies,

interested stakeholders and residents Identify and study transportation needs, develop

solutions, and allocate scarce transportation funding resources

Look beyond municipal boundaries: regional problems demand a regional solution

-Exit 36S is a regional problem that spans political borders and requires interstate cooperation

NRPC and NMCOG are well positioned to help solve regional transportation problems, even across state boundaries

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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NASHUA REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION

Kerrie Diers, Executive Director

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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Transportation Community System Preservation Grant

Improve the operation of the major roads in the study area

Address all modes of transportation

Provide efficient access to services and job centers

Opportunities for sustainable growth and economic development

Opportunities for innovative financing and public/private partnerships

Opportunity to mitigate traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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Historical Perspective

• History of interstate cooperation

• Exit ramp alignment originally planned to remain entirely in New Hampshire

• Agreement between City of Nashua and Massachusetts Governor Dukakis reached in early 1988 allowing exit ramp to span border.

• Agreement required less land, saving NH $2 million.

Nashua Telegraph February, 4, 1988

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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NASHUA REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION

Tim Roache, Assistant Director

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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Why Build Exit 36 Southbound?

And in about 10 - 15 minutes you will have travelled 1.2 miles to get your furniture.

Left on Spit Brook ….

Right on Daniel Webster

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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Why Build Exit 36 Southbound?

We have a better way…

F.E. Everett Turnpike…

To Exit 36 Southbound….

And in about 3 - 4 minutes you will have travelled 1.2 miles to get your furniture.

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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Existing Conditions

Transportation • Saturday Volumes ~40,000 VPD• Saturday peak hour represents greatest

congestion• Travel time – 10 to 15 minutes

Transit/Alternative Modes• Bus service and connections• Limited bicycle and pedestrian

amenities

Land Use • Zoning• Land use• Demographics• Identify vacant parcels• Opportunities for redevelopment

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Do Nothing (2022 No Build)

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

Traffic• Continued slow growth east

of the F.E Everett Turnpike.

• Gateway Hills influencing traffic growth on F.E. Everett Turnpike ramps and west end of Spit Brook Road.

• Intersection operations deteriorate slightly with modest increase in delay

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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Do Nothing (2022 No Build)

Land Use• Limits opportunity for

redevelopment and growth

Transit/Bike/Pedestrian• Poor pedestrian and bicycle

infrastructure• Transit service limited to

existing constraints • Limits opportunity for

passenger rail

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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Build it!(2022 Build)

Traffic• Significant drop in 24 traffic

volumes on DW Highway and Spit Brook Road.

• Mitigates some of the Gateway Hills impact on Turnpike Ramps and west end of Spit Brook Road.

• Direct access to south DW Highway/Northern Middlesex Road locations

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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Build it! (2022 Build)Fuel Savings $ 333,540.05 Annually

Trip Length (Miles)

Travel Time (Min)

Avg. Speed (MPH) Annual Cost

Spit Brook/DW 1.3 10 8 $ 444,843.75

Exit 36 S 1.2 3 24 $ 185,443.55

Savings 7 $ 333,540.83

Lost Productivity - $ 2,022,830 Annually Avg. Delay in Min/Person-

Trip

Avg. Person-Trip/Day

Rate $/Hour

Dollars/day

Dollars / year

7 3400 $16.30 $ 5,542.00 $ 2,022,830.00

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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Build it! (2022 Build)

Potential Transit Improvements

• Improved Efficiency on Routes 6 and 6A

• Regional Express

• D.W Highway Circulator Service

• Downtown Express

• Connections to Lowell

• Coordination with Passenger Rail

• Further reduce traffic in the Study Area

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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Build it! (2022 Build)

What About Rail?

• Capitol Corridor Study is addressing decisions related to rail station location

• Spit Brook Road/ Former Dow Chemical Site

• Pheasant Lane/ Tyngsborough Site largely depends on Exit 36S

• Exit 36S improves access to both station locations

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Commerce

Build it! (2022)

Land Use- Nashua

• Largely built out • Gateway • Retail District• Former Dow Chemical

Parcel• Worthen Industries Parcel• Gateway Hills• Transit Oriented

Development opportunities

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Commerce 18Greater Nashua Chamber of

Commerce

Build it! (2022)Land Use – Tyngsborough• Restaurant Corridor• Gateway • Utilities and infrastructure• Parcel 12-29A 55 Acres on the

MarketAddress Parcel Parcel Size

(acres)

Zoning Classification

298 Middlesex Road

20-40 2.00 B3

304 Middlesex Road

19-1A 2.97 B3/I1

306 Middlesex Road

19-1B 0.30 B3

324 Middlesex Road

19-5 15.86 B3/I1

347 Middlesex Road

19-9 11.09 B3

352 Middlesex Road

19-7 6.72 B3/1

371 Middlesex Road

12-40 .92 B3

406 Middlesex Road

11-2 25.00 B3/I1

409 Middlesex Road

11-24 0.83 B3

451 Middlesex Road

11-17 0.94 B3

80 Locust Avenue

12-35-1 2.06 B3

Route 3 (limited frontage on Middlesex Road)

12-29A 54.93 I1

Total 123.62  

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Commerce 19Greater Nashua Chamber of

Commerce

Conceptual Layout

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Commerce 20Greater Nashua Chamber of

Commerce

Intersection with Middlesex Road

Exit 36 Off Ramp: • Three left-turn lanes • Two through lanes • One right-turn lanePheasant Lane Exit: • Two through lanes• One left-turn lane • One right-turn laneMiddlesex Road Northbound: • Change through lane into a left

turn laneMiddlesex Road southbound: • No changesLOS D

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Exit 36 Southbound

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

How Much?

Exit 36S Off Ramp Planning Level Estimate

Project Component CostRoadway Construction $ 10,104,563.00Bridge Construction $ 2,340,000.00Engineering and Permitting $ 2,055,000.00Construction Engineering $ 1,244,456.00Rounded Total in 2014 Dollars $ 16,000,000.00Rounded Estimate Year of Construction (2020 dollars)

$ 19,850,000.00

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Commerce

Ann McLane Kuster, U.S. Representative New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District

Donnalee Lozeau, MayorNashua, New Hampshire

Curt Bellevance, Town AdministratorTyngsborough, Massachusetts

Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce

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Questions?NRPC

Tim Roache

603-424-2240 timr@nashuarpc.org

Justin Howard

978-454-8021 jhoward@nmcog.org

NMCOG

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